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100                          On Music  (Plutarch)

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Rise of Mahayana Buddhism (-300)

                                Trajan ...                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria                                        100-178                   Astronomer (Alexandria)

                                Josephus Flavius                                                                 37-100                     Historian / Soldier (Jerusalem)

101                          Satires  (Juvenal) -127

                                Trajan's Column

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                DACIAN WAR (TRAJAN'S CONQUEST) +   (101-107)

                                Roman Empire increased to maximum extent (-107)

                                German migrations and invasions begin (-600)

                                Dacian Wars begin - Trajan's conquest of Dacia(101-107)

                                Trajan ...                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                Silius                                                                                      25-101

102                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                DACIAN WAR (TRAJAN'S CONQUEST) ...   (101-107)

                                Trajan returns to Rome from Dacia - Decebalus, King od Dacia is subjected

                                Ban Chao returns from Xiognu Wars in Tarim Basin  to Loyang and dies

                                Division of Pannonia into two parts by Trajan

                                Trajan ...                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

103                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                DACIAN WAR (TRAJAN'S CONQUEST) ...   (101-107)

                                Legio X Gemina transfers to Aquincum and then to Vindobona (Vienna)

                                Pliny the Younger is elected to the college of Augers

                                Trajan ...                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                Martial                                                                                   38-103                     Poet (Bilbilis, Spain)

104                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                DACIAN WAR (TRAJAN'S CONQUEST) ...   (101-107)

                                Apollodorus of Damascus constructs Trajan's Bridge over the Danube for campaign into Dacia (1,135 m)

                                Trajan ...                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

105                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                DACIAN WAR (TRAJAN'S CONQUEST) ...   (101-107)

                                Trajan's Second Expedition into Dacia begins

                                Rome conquers Kerak from the Nabateans

                                Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix is formed

                                II Traiana Fortis is formed

                                Peace Treaty - between Baekje and Silla in Korea  (85-105)

                                Pope Alexander succeeds Pope Evaristus

                                Patriarch of Constantinople Sedecion succeeds Plutarch

                                End of Chinese Yongyuan Era - Yuanxing Era begins

                                Trajan ...                                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                Vologases III +                     (Parthia)                                                 (105-147)      King

                                Evaristus -                             (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (97-105)        5th Roman Pope

                                Alexander I +                        (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (105-115)      6th Roman Pope

106                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                DACIAN WAR (TRAJAN'S CONQUEST) ...   (101-107)

                                Rome annexes "Arabia" (the Nabataean kingdom)

                                Trajan ...                                (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                An Di +                                  (Eastern Han China)                            (106-125)

107                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                DACIAN WAR (TRAJAN'S CONQUEST) .   (101-107)

                                Trajan receives an ambassador from India

                                Yongchu Era begins in Eastern Han Dynasty (107-113)

                                Japanese prince sends 170 slaves as gist to Chinese court

                                Bagan (Pagan)  is founded by Thamudarit

                                Andi becomes Emperor of China - gives power to Empress Deng sice still a young man

                                Trajan ...                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

108                          Histories (Tacitus)   ca. 100-110 CE

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Trajan ...                                   (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                M. Atilius Metilius Bradua +- (Roman Empire)                               (108)       Consul

                                Doctors offices open in Rome

109                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Gotamiputa Sri Satakani rules Deccan (-132)

                                Trajan ...                                   (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                Gotamiputa Sri Satakani + (Deccan)                                  (109-132)

110                          Of Illustrius Men (Suetonius)

                                Gospel of St. John

                                Trajan's Forum in Rome under construction                  

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Tacitus is named Proconsul in Asia  (110-113)

                                Roman Empire has more than 75,000 km roads

                                Trajan ...                                  (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                Gaius                                                                                      110-180                   Jurist (Roman)

111                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Trajan sends Pliny the Younger to Bythinia

                                Emperor Cenguttuvan invades Kushan Empire and defeats Kanishka at Quilaluvam (Mathura)

                                Trajan ...                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

112                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Salonina Matidia, niece of Trajan,  receives the title Augusta

                                Jima succeeds Pasa as King of Silla

                                Trajan ...                                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                Trajan +-                                (Roman Empire)                                    (112)       Consul

                                Jima +                                     (Silla)                                                      (112-134)                6th Ruler

                                Pliny the Younger reports hymn singing by Christians

113                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Trajan invades Parthia - marches first on Armenia

                                Trajan's conquest of Armenia and Mesopotamia (-117)

                                Trajan ...                                  (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                Pliny the Younger                                                                62-113                     Orator / Statesman (Roman)

114                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Parthamisiris surrenders to Trajan's forces and is killed in Armenia

                                Parthian War (114-117)

                                Trajan ...                                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

115                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Ctesiphon falls to Trajan

                                Jewish revolts in Egypt, North Africa, Palestine, Cyrenaica and Cyprus suppressed by Trajan (-117)

                                Trajan ...                                (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

                                Alexander I -                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                      (105-115)      6th Roman Pope

                                Sixtus I +                                (Patriarchate of Rome)                     (115-125)      7th Roman Pope

116                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Trajan makes Tigris the empire's eastern boundary - Mesopotamia and Assyria become new provinces

                                Trajan ...                                 (Roman Empire)                                    (98-117)  Emperor

117                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Trajan dies (8/9)

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                                Trajan subdues Judaean revolt then falls ill - leaving Hadrian as commander of the East

                                Trajan adopts Hadrian as his successor on his deathbed

                                Trajan -                                 (Roman Empire)                                   (98-117)                Emperor

                                Hadrian +                              (Roman Empire)                                   (117-138) legate of Syria/c. of Trajan

                                Quintus Pompeius Falco - (Moesia Inferior Province)                                (116-117) Governor

                                Pharsman II ...                       (Iberia)                                                                   (116-142)                King

                                ???????????                          (Osroene)                                                              (???-???)               

                                ???????????                          (Himyar)                                                 (???)      

                                Vologases III ...                    (Eastern Parthian Empire)                                   (105-147)   Great Shah (King)

                                Osroes I ...                             (Western Parthian Empire)                                 (105-129)

                                Vima Kadphises                   (Kushan Empire)                                                  (105-127)                4th King

                                Gotamiputa Sri Satakani ... (Satavahana Empire)                                             (109-132)

                                An Di ...                                 (Eastern Han China)                                            (106-125)

                                Jima ...                                    (Silla)                                                                      (112-134)                King

                                Giru ...                                     (Baekje)                                                                  (77-128)                  King

                                Taejo ...                                  (Goguryeo)                                                            (53-146)                  King

                                ???????????                          (Funan)                                                                  (???-???)                King

                                Tamelerdeamani ...               (Kush)                                                                    (114-134)                King

                                ???????????                          (Aksum)                                

                                Tacitus                                                                                   55-117                     Historian (Roman)

118                          Pantheon construction begins (-126)

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian, Trajan's successor abandons most of Armenia and Mesopotamia

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

119                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

120                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Lucian                                                                                    120-200

                                Plutarch                                                                                 46-120                     Essayist / Biogr. (Chaeronea, Boeotia)

                                Nicomachus                                                                          60-120                     Mathematician

121                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Marcus Aurelius                                                                  121-180

122                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Hadrian visits Britain and begins building wall and fortifications between England and Scotland

                                Suetonius                                                                              69-122                     Biographer (Roman)

123                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

124                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Pantheon in Rome construction completed (126)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Apuleius                                                                                                124-170

125                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Sixtus I -                                (Patriarchate of Rome)                      (115-125)      7th Roman Pope  

                                Telesphorus +                      (Patriarchate of Rome)                      (125-136)      8th Roman Pope

                                Epictetus                                                                               50-125                     Philosopher (Phrygia)

126                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

127                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Juvenal                                                                                  60-127                     Poet (Roman)

128                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian visits province of North Africa to inspect the troops stationed there

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Giru -                                      (Baekje)                                                  (77-128)                  King

                                Gaeru +                                  (Baekje)                                                  (128-166)                King      

129                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

130                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Praetors' edict codified

                                Hadrian visits Egypt - begins new capital at Antinopolis

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Carpocrates                                                                           130-150

                                Galen                                                                                      130-201                   Physician (Pergamum)

                                Gellius                                                                                    130-165

                                Verus, Lucius Aurelius                                                       130-

                                Marinus of Tyre                                                                   70-130                     Geographer/Mathemetician (Phoenicia)

131                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan                            

132                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Bar-Kokhba and Akiba Ben Joseph’s revolt in Jerusalem against Roman rule - set up independent state of Israel

                                Jerusalem refounded as Aelia Capitolina

                                Salvius Julianus's Perpetual Edict - codification and compilation of Roman Law

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Gotamiputa Sri Satakani -    (Deccan)                                             (109-132)

133                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Julius Severus governor of Britain goes to Palestine to crush the Jewish revolt

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

134                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Jima -                                      (Silla)                                                      (112-134)                6th Ruler

135                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Jewish revolt ends with death of Bar-Kokhba and Akiba Ben Joseph’s - Final Diaspora -

                                Judaism in south Palestine wiped out

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

136                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Telesphorus -                       (Patriarchate of Rome)                       (125-136)      8th Roman Pope

                                Hyginus +                              (Patriarchate of Rome)                       (136-140)      9th Roman Pope

137                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian ...                              (Roman Empire)                                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

138                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hadrian -                                (Roman Empire)                    (117-138)                Emperor / c. of Trajan

                                Antonius Pius +                   (Roman Empire)                    (138-161)                Emperor

139                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

140                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

                                Hyginus -                              (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (136-140)      9th Roman Pope

                                Pius I +                                  (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (140-155)      10th Roman Pope

                                HuaTuo                                                                                  ca. 140-                               Chinese Doctor

141                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

142                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

143                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Brigantes revolt in Britain is put down by Quintus Lollius Urbicus

                                Antyllus, reknowned sugeon flourishes

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

144                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)          

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

145                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

146                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

147                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

                                900th Anniversary of the founding of Rome

                                Marcus Aurelius receives Imperial Powers from Antoninus Pius

                                First year of Jianhe in Han China

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

                                Vologases III -                      (Parthia)                                                 (105-147)                King

                                Vologases III                                                                             -147                    King of Parthia

148                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

149                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Third and last year of Jianhe in Han China

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

                                Aulius Nicon                                                                             -149                    Architect/Father of Galen (Pergamun)

150                          Geographia (Ptolemy)

                                Harmonics    (Ptolemy)

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

                                Pharsman III ...                      (Iberian Kingdom)                                (145-185)               King (Nimrodid) 2nd Pharnavazian
                                Ma'nu VII bar Ma'nu ...       (Osroene Kingdom)                             (139-163)                King

                                Vologases IV ...                    (Parthian Empire)                                  (147-191)

                                Huan Di ...                             (Later Han Empire)                               (146-168)                Emperor

                                Gaeru ...                                  (Baekje Kingdom)                                (128-166)                King

                                Chadae ...                               (Goguryeo Kingdom)                          (146-155)                King

                                Ilseong ...                               (Silla Kingdom)                                     (134-154)                King (H. Bak)

                                Clement of Alexandria                                                         150-217

                                Kuaralabha                                                                            150-200

                                Carpocrates                                                                           130-150

151                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

152                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

153                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

154                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

155                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

                                Pius I -                                   (Patriarchate of Rome)                      (140-155)      10th Roman Pope

                                Anicetus +                            (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (155-166)      11th Roman Pope

                                Dion Cassius (Cassius Dio Cocceianus)                          155-235                   Historian/Statesman (Nicaea, Bithynia)

156                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

157                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

158                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

159                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

160                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Antonius Pius ...                  (Roman Empire)                                    (138-161)                Emperor

161                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius becomes Roman Emperor (3/7)

                                Antonius Pius -                    (Roman Empire)                                   (138-161)                Emperor

                                Marcus Aurelius +               (Roman Empire)                                  (161-180)                Emperor

                                Lucius Verus +                     (Roman Empire)                                  (161-169)                joint ruler

162                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Lucius Verus ...                     (Roman Empire)                                    (161-169)                co-emperor

163                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Lucius Verus -                      (Roman Empire)                                    (161-169)                co-emperor

164                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Lucius Verus ...                     (Roman Empire)                                    (161-169)                co-emperor

165                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Parthian Triumph of 165 – Lucius Verus

First plague in Europe -smallpox

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Lucius Verus ...                     (Roman Empire)                                    (161-169)                co-emperor

                                Tertullian                                                                               165-220

                                Gellius                                                                                    130-165

166                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Emperor Huan Ti receives gifts from Marcus Aurelius

                                Plague outbreak in Roman Empire (-167)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Lucius Verus ...                     (Roman Empire)                                    (161-169)                co-emperor

                                Anicetus -                             (Patriarchate of Rome)                       (155-166)      11th Roman Pope

                                Soter +                                  (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (166-175)      12th Roman Pope

167                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Germans first break into Northern Italy

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Lucius Verus ...                     (Roman Empire)                                    (161-169)                co-emperor

168                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Germans pushed back from Italy

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Lucius Verus ...                     (Roman Empire)                                    (161-169)                co-emperor

169                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Lucius Verus -                     (Roman Empire)                   (161-169)              co-emperor

170                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Apuleius                                                                                                124-170/180

171                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

172                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Miracle in Moravia - Quadi are swept away by a thunderstorm  - saving the encircled and parched Romans (6/11)

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                                Marcus Aurelius imports Marcommanni into areas devastated by the plague - as per pact between them

                                Sarmatians attack lower Danube frontier

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

173                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

174                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

175                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Soter -                                    (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (166-)      12th Roman Pope

                                Eleutherius +                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-189)      13th Roman Pope

176                          Ammonius Saccas of Alexandria                                       176-c242 f. Neoplatonic Philosopher (Alexandria)

177                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Marcus Aurelius persecutes the Christian community of Lyons

178                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

                                Claudius "Ptolemy"of Alexandria                                     100-178                   Astronomer (Alexandria)

179                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Marcus Aurelius ...              (Roman Empire)                                    (161-180)                Emperor

180                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Accord between Roman senate and princeps breaks down with Commodus' accession

                                First African Christians martyred at Scillium

                                Marcus Aurelius -              (Roman Empire)                   (161-180)              Emperor

                                Commodus +                         (Roman Empire)                   (180-192)              son of Marcus Aurelius

                                Gaius                                                                                      110-180                   Jurist (Roman)

                                Marcus Aurelius                                                                  121-180                   Roman Emperor

181                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

182                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

183                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

184                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Uprising of Yellow Turbans (China) - beginning of the Three Kingdoms Period (-280)

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

185                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

                                Origen                                                                                    185-254                   Christian Early Father (Alexandria)

186                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius


                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

188                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

189                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hsien Ti rules China (-220) - government in the hands of military dictators

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

                                Hsien-Ti +                             (China)                                                  (-220)     Later Han

                                Eleutherius -                          (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (175-)      13th Roman Pope

                                Victor I +                                (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-199)      14th Roman Pope

190                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

191                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Commodus ...                        (Roman Empire)                                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

192                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Commodus is murdered (12/31)

                                Commodus -                          (Roman Empire)                    (180-192)                s.  Marcus Aurelius

193                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Pertinax is proclaimed emperor (1/1)

                                Pertinax is murdered (3/28)

                                Didius Julianus wins senate auction to become new Roman Emperor (25,000 sestercii/soldier) (3/28)

                                Septimus Severus proclaimed Emperor (4/9)

                                Didius Julianus beheaded in the palace by a common soldier on the approach of Septimus Severus' army (6/1)

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                                Septimus Severus seizes Rome and ends Julianus' reign after two months and five days

                                Severan dynasty in Rome - Septimus Severus, his two sons, and two grand-nephews (-235)

                                Augustan order gradually disintegrates

                                Year of the Six Emperors

                                Pertinax +-                             (Roman Empire)                    *****    Praetorian Guard (murdered)

                                Didius Julianus +-                (Roman Empire)                    *****    Praetorian Guard (executed)

                                Septimus Severus +             (Roman Empire)                    (193-211) Severan Dynasty

194                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Septimus Severus ...            (Roman Empire)                                    (193-211) Severan Dynasty

195                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Hsiung-nu cross Great Wall

                                Roman war against Parthians (-199)

                                Septimus Severus ...            (Roman Empire)                                    (193-211) Severan Dynasty

196                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Septimus Severus ...            (Roman Empire)                                    (193-211) Severan Dynasty

197                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Battle of Lyon - Clodius Albinus governor of Britain challenges throne and is killed by Septimus Severus (2)

                                Battle of Lyon - Septimus Severus burns and mostly destroys Lyons (Lugdunum) (2)

                                Septimus Severus ...            (Roman Empire)                                    (193-211) Severan Dynasty

198                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Septimus Severus ...            (Roman Empire)                                    (193-211) Severan Dynasty

199                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92-627)

                                Septimus Severus ...            (Roman Empire)                                    (193-211) Severan Dynasty

                                Victor I -                               (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (189-)      14th Roman Pope

                                Zephyrinus +                       (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-217)      15th Roman Pope

 




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